**UPDATE** **UPDATE** **UPDATE** **UPDATE** **UPDATE** **UPDATE**Secretary Clinton To Host Inaugural Global Impact Economy Forum
Notice to the Press
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCApril 24, 2012
On April 26-27, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the first-ever Global Impact Economy Forum at the Department of State and Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington, DC. The Forum will bring together over 350 high-level investors, business executives, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, academics, and U.S. Government leaders from the White House, Departments of State, Commerce, and Treasury, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Building on the Secretary’s Economic Statecraft agenda that seeks to put economic and development issues at the center of U.S. foreign policy, the Forum will highlight how the U.S. Government can promote innovative business approaches and sustainable investments for U.S. businesses and investors abroad, mitigate the risks of doing business in emerging economies, and increase economic engagement overseas that improves the lives of those in developing nations while supporting the expansion of American business overseas.
The first day of the event will feature sessions on promoting sustainable development through innovative business strategies and high-impact investments, facilitating business opportunities for U.S. companies in emerging markets, and enabling clean energy investment and sustainable food value chains. The second day will feature sessions on creating public-private partnerships, identifying investment opportunities, and accessing finance to fund business innovations.
The Secretary’s remarks and the interview with Sir Richard Branson and Matthew Bishop will be livestreamed on www.state.gov. Follow the conversation on Twitter with #ImpactGPI.
Secretary Clinton to Receive the Woodrow Wilson Center Award for Public Service
Notice to the PressOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCApril 25, 2012
On April 26th, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks and accept the Public Service Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Jane Harman and Christine Lagarde will also deliver remarks during the dinner.
The Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service is presented to outstanding leaders of business, government, the arts and sciences, and beyond who have devoted their careers and lives to improve the quality of life in their countries and around the world. Their legacies reflect the values of the United States' 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, a leader who believed that, "There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed."
The dinner begins at 7:40 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC.
The event will be live streamed at www.state.gov.
